<h2>Overview</h2> <p>We are seeking a <strong>Data Architect</strong> to lead the data architecture for a federal modernization initiative supporting permitting and natural resource management systems.</p> <p>The Data Architect will define and guide implementation of a modern AWS lakehouse that consolidates structured, document, geospatial, and event-driven data from multiple source systems into a governed canonical model. The role will establish architectural patterns for metadata-driven and agentic data engineering, data quality, document processing, GIS integration, and governed data products.</p> <p>The environment includes Amazon S3, Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue Catalog, DuckDB, Kafka/Amazon MSK, OpenSearch, GeoParquet, and PostGIS.</p> <p>This position is remote with periodic travel as required.</p> <p><strong>Duties & Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as the primary architecture authority for the data workstream.</li> <li>Define the end-to-end data architecture spanning ingestion, bronze/silver/gold processing, document pipelines, GIS processing, analytical data products, and downstream services.</li> <li>Design the lakehouse architecture using Amazon S3, Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue Catalog, and DuckDB.</li> <li>Define reusable patterns for batch, API, file, database, CDC, and event-driven ingestion.</li> <li>Establish a metadata-driven architecture that supports configuration-based source onboarding and source-to-canonical mappings.</li> <li>Define and govern the common canonical data model used to harmonize information across source systems.</li> <li>Establish data contracts and standards for lineage, provenance, reconciliation, schema evolution, auditability, and data quality.</li> <li>Define architecture patterns for agentic solutions supporting source analysis, mapping, pipeline generation, testing, reconciliation, and quality assurance.</li> <li>Establish controls for agentic workflows, including validation, observability, security, deterministic execution, and human review where required.</li> <li>Coordinate architecture across structured data, OCR/document processing, vector search, and geospatial data.</li> <li>Provide architectural direction and design review across the data engineering, data science, GIS, and content pipeline teams.</li> <li>Work with Government stakeholders and technical teams to translate business and domain requirements into scalable data models and services.</li> <li>Maintain architecture standards, technical decisions, interface specifications, and implementation guidance.</li> <li>Support technical handoff and knowledge transfer to Government and operations teams.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Educational Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>10+ years</strong> of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or software engineering, including leadership of modern data platform initiatives.</li> <li>Demonstrated experience designing cloud-based data lakehouse or analytical platforms.</li> <li>Hands-on experience with <strong>DuckDB, Apache Iceberg, SQL, Python, and AWS data services including Amazon S3 and AWS Glue</strong>.</li> <li>Experience designing medallion-style architectures, canonical data models, and metadata-driven ingestion and transformation frameworks.</li> <li>Experience integrating databases, APIs, files, streaming/event sources, and enterprise SaaS applications.</li> <li>Experience architecting or implementing <strong>agentic or AI-enabled solutions</strong>, including orchestration, tool integration, validation, observability, security, and human-in-the-loop controls.</li> <li>Strong understanding of data contracts, schema evolution, lineage, provenance, reconciliation, and data quality.</li> <li>Experience providing architectural leadership to multidisciplinary technical teams and translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.</li> <li>Strong written and verbal communication skills.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus Skills</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience with Kafka or Amazon MSK and CDC architectures.</li> <li>Experience with OpenSearch, vector databases, embeddings, or document retrieval systems.</li> <li>Experience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or similar orchestration frameworks.</li> <li>Experience designing geospatial data architectures using GeoParquet and PostGIS.</li> <li>Experience with Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dataverse, or similar enterprise platforms.</li> <li>Experience working in the <strong>U.S. Federal Government space</strong>.</li> <li>Experience with permitting, land management, environmental, energy, or natural-resource datasets.</li> </ul> <h2>Benefits and Salary</h2> <p>We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.</p> <p>If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!</p>